Bodies of knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia : the diviners of late Bronze Age Emar and their table collection /
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In Bodies of Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia Matthew Rutz explores the relationship between ancient collections of texts, commonly deemed libraries and archives, and the modern interpretation of titles like 'diviner'. By looking at cuneiform tablets as artifacts with archaeological contexts, this work probes the modern analytical categories used to study ancient diviners and investigates the transmission of Babylonian/Assyrian scholarship in Syria. During the Late Bronze Age diviners acted as high-ranking scribes and cultic functionaries in Emar, a town on the Syrian Euphrates (ca. 1375-1175 BCE). This book's centerpiece is an extensive analytical catalogue of the excavated tablet collection of one family of diviners. Over seventy-five fragments are identified for the first time, along with many proposed joins between fragments.
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1 online resource (xxi, 682 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004245686 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Das Archiv des Idadda : Die Keilschrifttexten aus den deutsch-syrischen Ausgrabungen 2001-2003 im Königspalast von Qatna /
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"Katalog der Tontafeln" : pages 213-234.
Research report. :
xxx, 234 pages, 60 pages of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some colored), plans ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9783447067096 :
2191-4818 ; :
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The third millennium : studies in early Mesopotamia and Syria in honor of Walter Sommerfeld and Manfred Krebernik /
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"The Festschrift containing 36 contributions celebrates the scholarly achievements of the two outstanding Assyriologists, Walter Sommerfeld (University of Marburg) and Manfred Krebernik (University of Jena). The primary focus of the volume corresponds to the main topics of interests of Professors Sommerfeld and Krebernik - Pre-Sargonic and Sargonic Mesopotamia and third millennium Syria. The volume also features a few contributions dealing with Sumerian language, Mesopotamian literature and the early history of Akkadian and its Semitic background".
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004418080
Mesopotamian medicine and magic : studies in honor of Markham J. Geller /
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Mesopotamian Medicine and Magic. Studies in Honour of Markham J. Geller is a thematically focused collection of 34 brand-new essays bringing to light a representative selection of the rich and varied scientific and technical knowledge produced chiefly by the cuneiform cultures. The contributions concentrate mainly on Mesopotamian scholarly descriptions and practices of diagnosing and healing diverse physical ailments and mental distress. The festschrift contains both critical editions of new texts as well as analytical studies dealing with various issues of Mesopotamian medical and magical lore. Currently, this is the largest edited volume devoted to this topic, significantly contributing to the History of Ancient Sciences.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004368088
Women at the dawn of history /
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In the patriarchal world of ancient Mesopotamia, women were often represented in their relation to men - as mothers, daughters, or wives - giving the impression that a woman's place was in the home. But, as we explore in this volume, they were also authors and scholars, astute business-women, sources of expressions of eroticism, priestesses with access to major gods and goddesses, and regents who exercised power on behalf of kingdoms, states, and empires.
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Catalog of the exhibition held in the Babylonian Collection in the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University beginning February 29th, 2020. :
111 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-111). :
9781734342000